Professional services regulation: estate agents

• Author: Schmid, Christoph U.; Pinkel, Tobias
• Pages: 47-49

Consum er mar ket stud y on the fun ctio ning of the r eal estate servi ces for consum ers in the EU – Coun try Fiche Th e Net herlan ds

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9. Professional services r egulat ion: estate agents

9.1 Mar ket entry and st ruct ure regulation

Ta ble 20: M ar ket ent ry an d st ru cture re gula tio n

Regu lati on

Subj ect ive

re quirement s

Qual ificati ons ( level and durati on of edu cation and

tr aini ng, diplom as, exa ms, train eeship s or

pr ofessi onal ex perien ce requ irem ent s, con cours)

requ ired to become an esta te agent in your cou ntr y.

Other acce ss requ irem ent s fo r a pro fessio nal (such

as com pulsory mem bership in prof ession al

bod ies/ comp ulsor y r egist rat ion, minimum age

requir ement s, cl ean cri min al r ecord , et c.)

Real estat e ag ents do n ot need a licence o r a special e ducat ion.

If the r eal est ate a gent want s to regist er i n t he “ Het

kw alit eitsr egist er van Makelaars” of t he Stichti ng Va stgoedCer t o r

wa nts to becom e a m em ber of o ne o f t he t hree pr ofessional

organisat ions, special educat ion requ irement s based on self -

regu lati on nee d t o be ful filled. Thi s is n ot, how ever, mandat ory but

may be im por tan t f or m arketi ng purposes. The requirements differ

dep ending on th e organ isation chosen by th e re al est ate ag ent.

Ob ject ive re qui rem ent s

Do num eru s clause s and ot her ob ject ive

requir ement s exist ?

No

Lice nce re qui rem en ts

Are est ate agen ts l icenc ed or do t hey work as

em pl oy ees?

No licen ce requ ired. Real estate a gent s t ypicall y w ork

indep enden tly , bu t al so larg e fir ms exist .

Cit ize nsh ip

re quirement s

Is u nlim it ed access t o t he pr ofession granted to

foreign pr ofession als de iu re and de fact o?

Yes

I nt er -p rof ession al

coo per ation

Are est ate agen ts a llow ed t o exerci se an oth er

pr ofessi on o r busi ness act ivity ? I s int er-p rofe ssional

cooper ati on r egulat ed?

Not reg ulat ed

Busin ess st ru ctu re

• Share of est ate agen t acting as sole

pr actit ione rs an d as comp anies ( if d ata are

available)?

• Can the agen t be emp loyed by anot her agen t

or establi sh a part nership with ot her agent s?

• Are th ere any rest ricti ons on t he cor pora te

stru cture of a real esta te enterp rise ( such as

Not reg ulat ed